corruption
nouns
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
"the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
"corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
is derived from
inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
"he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"
is a type of (narrower)
act of bringing about a desired result
"inducement of sleep"
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